Jake's Corner

NFL tight end AARON HERNANDEZ was arrested yesterday and charged with the murder of a friend. He pleaded NOT GUILTY, and he's being held without bail. A few hours after his arrest, Hernandez was released by the New England Patriots, who said it was, quote, "simply the right thing to do."

JUSTIN BIEBER was recently spotted getting cozy with some chick. Well, it turns out she's a MARRIED chick. Her name is Jordan Ozuna and she's a model and former Hooters waitress. And she's married to a guy in the Coast Guard.

OPRAH tops this year's "Forbes" list of the 100 Most Powerful Celebrities, which measures fame in a variety of categories. Meanwhile, MADONNA was the top earner of the year with $125 million . . . and Will Smith, Jennifer Aniston, and Sandra Bullock are considered the most "marketable."

Courteney Cox is officially dating her “Cougar Town” costar Brian Van Holt. Sources say they've been going out for about six months now. The source adds that Cox is more comfortable taking her relationship with Van Holt out in the open now that she is officially divorced from David Arquette.

MILEY CYRUS Tweeted a picture of a woman along with a message to her dad BILLY RAY saying, quote, "Since you won't reply to my texts I'm giving you an hour to tell the truth or I'll tell it for you." Turns out she's a woman Billy Ray did a Broadway show with last year. The implication is that he's been having an affair with her. Miley quickly deleted the Tweet, though. And Last week, Miley Tweeted, quote, "@billyraycyrus since your text and email obviously aren't working would you like to talk like this?" But she deleted that one, too.

JOHN MAYER and KATY PERRY were spotted kissing at a party for DON RICKLES in New York City Monday night. A witness says they were, quote, "smooching and rubbing one another's backs. They were affectionate towards one another." They were also spotted holding hands after the party.

On "The View" yesterday, KRIS JENNER revealed why KIM KARDASHIAN and KANYE WEST named their daughter NORTH. She said, quote, "The way [Kim] explained it to me was that North means Highest Power, and she says that North is their highest point together. And I thought that was really sweet."

KIM KARDASHIAN reportedly gave out a FAKE picture of her new daughter North, in order to catch friends trying to SELL HER OUT. And it WORKED. Sources say someone took the photo to the tabloids and tried to sell it. There's no word who that "friend" is, or what his or her punishment will be. But since her first effort was a success, Kim gave out a SECOND bogus baby pic, to see if she has more than one traitor in her midst.

CHRIS BROWN has been accused of shoving a girl at a nightclub on Saturday and injuring her knee. But it sounds like she made the whole thing up. The club owner says it didn't happen. He adds that the woman was trying to rush Chris all night and was eventually EJECTED from the club.

Here's how cool JOHNNY DEPP is: Whenever he travels, he brings his Captain Jack Sparrow costume from the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies with him . . . just in case he wants to visit a children's hospital. He says, quote, "Sometimes you go to kiddie hospitals and things like that. I'll just sneak in and go and surprise a bunch of kiddies through the different wards . . . It basically turns into a two-, three-hour improvisation and it's really fun. So I travel with Captain Jack."

It sounds like something is seriously wrong with HONEY BOO BOO'S dad, MICHAEL "SUGAR BEAR" THOMPSON. The family posted this update on Facebook: Quote, "[We] don't want to share the diagnosis until we get all the information . . . [but it's] not a good report."

On Friday, the Food Network FIRED PAULA DEEN after it became public that she admitted during a court deposition that she's used the N-word. Earlier in the day, Paula backed out of an appearance on the "Today Show" and issued two bizarre apology videos that didn't do her public image any favors.

There are reports that JAMES GANDOLFINI downed at least eight alcoholic drinks on the night he died, and was eating like a pig. But his rep says the autopsy report doesn't show that. Meanwhile, Gandolfini's body is being flown back from Italy today, and his funeral will take place Thursday in New York City.

A doctor in the MICHAEL JACKSON wrongful death trial testified that Michael may have gone 60 days without any real sleep leading up to his death. That's because he was taking propofol, which knocks you out, but deprives your body of the sleep cycles it needs. He noted that lab rats die in about FIVE WEEKS under similar conditions.

Lindsay Lohan could be in rehab longer than the court ordered. --The CEO of the rehab facility where Lindsay is currently staying says some celebrities are treatment resistant… meaning, they have been to rehab several times but have not gotten better. He says these people often need longer stints in treatment than the average.

Now that their baby has arrived, are Kim Kardashian and Kanye West ready to get hitched? According to unconfirmed reports in The Sun, Kanye has popped the question and the couple is planning a September wedding in Paris. Kanye hasn't given Kim an engagement ring yet, but he reportedly handed her a rare black diamond to commemorate the birth of their daughter. According to VH1, Kanye may have been persuaded to pop the question after speaking to Jay-Z, who told him being married and having a family is more fulfilling than being just a baby daddy.

JAMES GANDOLFINI'S 13-year-old son called for help after discovering that his father had collapsed in their hotel bathroom in Rome. Less than an hour later, he was pronounced dead at a local hospital. Doctors believe he died of cardiac arrest . . . and for now, there's no immediate evidence that drugs or alcohol were involved.

JOHN TRAVOLTA and JAMES GANOLFINI had a close relationship. John says James was there for him when HIS 16-year-old son died in 2009 . . . and in exchange, he vows to look after James' family.

America, we enjoyed a few days of KARDASHIAN-free bliss . . . pre-2007-style! But it all came CRASHING down late last night, when Kim and KANYE WEST'S daughter's name was revealed. It's . . . wait for it . . . NORTH WEST. Um…yeah. TMZ says they have seen the birth certificate . . . and E! is reporting that name too. By the way, Kim LAUGHED at the idea of naming the baby "North West" when it was rumored earlier this year.

"Life & Style" magazine is reporting that JUSTIN BIEBER is "always" asking the staff of a New York City hotel for two very important items: CONDOMS and JELLY BEANS.

More Amanda Bynes craziness. She says her odd behavior in recent months is due to a birth defect. Amanda tweeted that she was born with “a webbing” between her eyes and that she has been undergoing cosmetic surgeries to correct the birth defect. She added the defect had led to her bizarre behavior of late. She also tweeted, “I consider myself to be a hero to have suffered 27 years with a birth defect and to just now have it surgically removed."